Mauro Meloni has been dedicated to the olive oil and table olives world since 1993, working for companies such as Procom-Agr, Buonitalia SpA, CONOL or Unaprol. Since 2003 he is the director of CEQ Italy (Consortium extravirgine di qualitá) consortium of extra virgin olive oil quality assurance, the interprofessional organization of olive oil in Italy. Currently he also works as an expert in the ISMEA company in Rome. In this company he has worked as an expert in making olive oil production cost analysis and managing data and expertise into table olives dedicated to enhancing the quality of agricultural products and recognizing the distinctive features related to the origin.